After graduating in 2003 from the National Superior Conservatory of Paris for Music and Dance, François Chaignaud has danced for many choreographers (Alain Buffard, Boris Charmatz, Emmanuelle Huynh, Gilles Jobin). Since his first piece in 2004, he conceives dance as a global expression, his work is characterized by the articulation of singing and dance and a profound relationship to history, evinced in his own work as well as in the collaborations he has formed with multiple artists (with Jérôme Marin, Marie Caroline Hominal or Théo Mercier). Between 2005 and 2016, together with Cecilia Bangolea, he created a series of noteworthy shows that were presented worldwide. In 2021, he founded mandorle productions, whose artistic line is based on the cooperation with other artists such as Nina Laisné, Marie-Pierre Brébant, Akaji Maro, Dominique Brun, and Sasha J. Blondeau. He also creates pieces for large groups of performers: Soufflette in 2018, and t u m u l u s in 2022, then In absentia in 2024, with Geoffroy Jourdain. He recently created the pieces Mirlitons with Aymeric Hainaux and Petites Joueuses and is currently working on Último Helecho with Nadia Larcher and Nina Laisné (to be created in 2025). A portrait is dedicated to him on the occasion of the Festival d’Automne à Paris 2025. He is an associate artist at Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse in Paris as well as the Maison de la danse and the Biennale de la danse de Lyon.
